Privacy Policy

This page contains a description of how the web site manages the processing of the personal data belonging to the browsers who use it. This information is provided pursuant to art. 13 of Lgs.D. no.196/2003 - Data Protection Act to the users of the Altaeco S.p.A. web services, which can be accessed telematically from the www.appiani.it web site.

The subjects who use the Altaeco S.p.a. Group’s web sites (www.bardelli.it – www.appiani.it – www.gabbianelli.it –www.ceramicavogue.com) for professional purposes are required to comply with the provisions in the Data Protection Act and, in particular, with those in art. 130 regarding unsolicited communications (use of automatic call systems, e-mail, telefax, MMS or SMS texts), and those imposed by art. 130.3-bis, which requires that all subjects wishing to telemarket products/services to companies and consumers must consult the telephone preference service (TPS).

With regard to the option of being contacted for marketing purposes via the use of the telephone number published on the www.appiani.it web site, users who do not wish to be contacted by telephone for such purposes must expressly opt out by registering their number with the TPS (in Italy: Registro delle Opposizioni [www.registrodelleopposizioni.it], governed by D.P.R. 7/9/2010 no. 178). Therefore the consent previously expressed on that regard (and according to which the telephone numbers published in telephone directories could not be used for marketing communication purposes) is no longer effective, unless the users had expressly consented to it (by having a telephone handset added next to their names in the telephone directories).

DATA CONTROLLER, DATA SUPERVISORS AND PRIVACY COMMUNICATIONS

The Data Controller is the company Altaeco S.p.A., registered office in 20010 Vittuone (MI), Via G. Pascoli n. 4/6. An updated list of data supervisors, appointed by the Data Controller pursuant to art. 29 of Lgs. D. 196/2003, is available in the registered office of the Data Controller. For every communication regarding article 7 and the following articles of Lgs.D. no. 196/2003 and s.a.i. the Data Controller has provided this e-mail address: info@altaeco.com.

TYPES OF PROCESSED DATA

Browsing data.
The information systems and the software procedures responsible for the functioning of this web site acquire, during their normal use, some personal data, the transmission of which is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected to be associated with identified concerned parties but, because of its nature, it could be possible to identify the users through processing and association with data held by third parties. This category of data includes IP addresses or domain names of computers used by the users who connect to the site, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) notation addresses of the resources requested, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in reply, the numeric code indicating the state of the reply given by the server (completed, error, etc.) and other parameters related to the user's IT environment and operating system.

This data is used for the sole purpose of obtaining anonymous statistical information regarding the use of the web site and to check that the site is operating correctly.

The data could be used to establish responsibility in the event of hypothetical IT crimes that damage the web site.

PROVISION OF DATA

The provision of data by customers/browsers is optional and is needed to supply the services offered by the portal. Failure to provide some or all of the mandatory information may make it impossible to obtain the service subject of the request and to take part in the promoted initiatives. To ensure data is correct, pertinent and complete, users are requested to report any changes by writing to info@altaeco.com

PURPOSES OF THE PROCESSING

The user’s personal data is provided to Altaeco S.p.A. by the user, by third parties or obtained from public registers. It is processed:

To comply with the law, rules and EU regulations. Providing personal data for these purposes is mandatory and the processing of this data, including disclosing it to the “categories of subjects” listed below, does not require the consent of the parties concerned.

For purposes that are tightly related to and instrumental in the management of relations with customers. Providing personal data for these purposes is not mandatory and the processing of this data, including disclosing it to the “categories of subjects” listed below, requires the consent of the parties concerned because it is needed to fulfil the obligations arising from the contract.

For purposes related to market surveys and commercial information. In this case it is not mandatory to provide the data, which can only be processed if the party concerned consents to it.

Data supplied spontaneously by the user.
Sending an e-mail freely, explicitly and deliberately to the address listed in this web page implies the sender’s e-mail address is acquired as a result.
Other personal data can be collected by completing specific forms in the web site but a specific consent is required for it.

In all cases the collected personal data can be used to answer the requests for information sent by the user, for the commercial management of the contact, for marketing and re-marketing activities and for the technical administration of our web site.?Data will, in all cases, be processed fully respecting all fundamental rights without damaging the confidentiality and the dignity of the users, always according to principles inspired by correctness, lawfulness and transparency and for purposes that do not exceed the aims of the processing

DATA PROCESSING METHODS

Data is processed using IT and electronic means by specially assigned in-house individuals. The data is stored in IT and electronic files, with full assurance of the implementation of the minimum security measures required by law.
Any communications of marketing or promotional nature related to the activities and the services of the Data Controller will be delivered via automatic contact methods or using traditional channels (e.g. snail mail and/or calls with an operator) in compliance with art. 130 of Lgs. D. 196/2003.

DISCLOSURE AND DISSEMINATION

The collected personal data shall not be disclosed or disseminated. Disclosing the information to third parties that are not the Data Controller, the internal managers or managers external to the company and the people in charge of the processing identified and appointed in compliance with articles 29 and 30 of Lgs. D. no. 196/2003 and s.a.i., is allowed in the case of public bodies (for fulfilling legal obligations) and of companies of the Group that the Data controller belongs to for administrative-accounting purposes in compliance with art. 24 paragraph i-ter of Lgs.D. 196/2003 and, where necessary to perform the activities listed in paragraph sub a). It is allowed in the case of third parties and subjects such as speakers, legal, sector-related and marketing consultants, hotels, debt collection agencies, administration and contract consultancy agencies, third parties supplying technical and IT assistance and services involved in the lawful and fair pursuit of the described aims. Data can be disclosed to firms of auditors for the legally required control duties. In all cases data processing by third parties must be performed lawfully and in compliance with the laws currently in force.

Altaeco S.p.A. will also be able to disclose your personal data, in compliance with the purposes listed in the Privacy Information note, to other companies, such as:

companies that Altaeco S.p.A. uses to perform its activities (e.g. supplying its services and carrying out commercial transactions);

web portals or advertising agencies of third parties, in order to present projects and applications with product collections from Ceramica Bardelli, Appiani, Vogue, Gabbianelli, as well as to obtain help in assessing the effectiveness of the advertisements, in compliance with the laws currently in force.

In the cases listed above Altaeco S.p.A. will ask the above mentioned third parties to process the disclosed data in compliance with this Privacy Information note, but it declines all responsibility in regard to the policies and the practices of these web sites that can be accessed via links. For this reason Altaeco S.p.A. encourages customers to carefully read the related privacy notes before using the web sites.

external collaborators and consultants;

in the case of mergers, assignments or transfers of the company (or company branches) that involve the activities of this web site, including the personal data processed by this web site, to third parties involved in the above mentioned operations for the purposes needed to correctly complete those operations. In this case Altaeco S.p.A. will ask these companies to commit to processing the disclosed data in compliance with this Privacy Information note.

LINK

Our web site may contain links to other web sites, including those of our commercial partners, of affiliated companies, which use policies and practices for personal data processing that are different from the ones described in this document. Altaeco S.p.A. will ask the above mentioned third parties to process the disclosed data in compliance with this Privacy Information note, but it declines all responsibility in regard to the policies and the practices of these web sites that can be accessed via links. For this reason Altaeco S.p.A. encourages customers to carefully read the related privacy notes before using the web sites.

RIGHTS OF THE PARTY CONCERNED

The party concerned may exercise his/her rights as provided for by articles 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Lgs. Decree no. 196. issued on 30 June 2003 by contacting the Data Controller. In particular, according to art. 7, the party concerned has the right to obtain confirmation of the existence or otherwise of personal data related to him/her, including data that has not yet been recorded and to obtain that data in a clearly understandable form. The party concerned has the right to obtain information regarding: a) the source of any personal data; b) the purposes and methods of processing; c) the logic applied in the event of electronic processing; d) identification details relating to the Data Controller, the data supervisors and the representative designated in compliance with article 5, paragraph 2; e) the subjects and categories of subjects to whom the personal data may be communicated or who may become acquainted with said data, in their capacity as data supervisors, persons in charge of data processing and appointed representatives in Italy. The party concerned has the right to obtain: a) that said data is updated, amended and, if in the interest of the party concerned, completed; b) that any data processed in violation of the law be cancelled, made anonymous or blocked, including any information that does not need to be held for the purposes for which it was collected or subsequently processed; c) receive confirmation that the operations in a) and b) have been made known, also as regards their content, to the parties to whom the data has been communicated or disclosed, except in cases where this is impossible or requires the use of means that are clearly disproportionate with the protected right. The party concerned has the right to oppose, either in full or in part a), for legitimate reasons, to the processing of personal data relating to him/her even if relevant to the purposes it was collected for; b) to the processing of personal data relating to him/her for the purposes of delivering advertising material, direct sales, market surveys or for marketing communications.

Cookie Policy

What are cookies and what are they for?

Cookies are small text files sent from a web site and stored in the user’s web browser. They are transmitted to the same site the next time users browse the web site. Cookies are used for a number of purposes, such as the execution of IT authentication, session monitoring, memorising information on specific configurations regarding the users that access the server, memorising preferences, avoiding having to enter the same information several times during a browsing session (such as username and password), analysing the services and the contents supplied by web sites in order to improve the browsing experience and the offered services.

Our cookie policy

In order to fully use our web site, your computer, tablet or mobile phone should accept cookies, because only by enabling them will you be able to use some of our web site’s customised functions. The www.appiani.it web site uses its own technical cookies and third party profiling cookies in order to improve the offered services, in compliance with the laws governing Privacy. Our cookies do not memorise delicate information such as name, surname, address or payment-related data. However, if you wish to limit, block or delete this web site’s (or any other web site’s) cookies you can do so directly from your web browser. Below is a list of the main cookies used and their purposes. Among them you will find information on third party cookies (hereinafter B and C) - please use the link for more information on their Privacy Policies.

(A) Technical cookies installed by www.appiani.it

Cookie name
ASPSESSIONID or PHPSESSID
Aim of the cookie
It makes browsing the web site easier by memorising the browsing settings chosen by the user.

(B) Third party cookies on the www.appiani.it web site

The so-called “third party” cookies are set by a web site that is not the one the user is browsing. This occurs because every site can have specific elements (images, maps, sounds, specific links to the web pages of other domains, etc.) that are on servers that are not the one the user is browsing. Below is a list of third party cookies that may be present on the web site and their Privacy Policies:

(C) Cookie Flash o LSO (Local shared objects)

Video contents displayed using Adobe Flash Player are sometimes present on the www.appiani.it web site. Adobe uses flash cookies, also called LSO (Local Shared Objects), to improve the user’s experience. Flash cookies are stored on the PC or mobile phone in a similar way to ordinary cookies. Browsers however manage them differently. If you wish to deactivate or delete a flash cookie, please check the security settings in Adobe Flash Player (a new window will open). However, please bear in mind that by deactivating flash cookies you will be denied access to some types of contents (such as videos).

(D) WEB SITE sharing tools

If you decide to share the contents of the WEB SITE with your friends through social networking sites, these web sites may send you cookies. We are not able to check the settings of these cookies. Please check the relevant web sites for more information on their cookies and on how they are managed.